Knitted pantaloons



2 sheets-Sheet 1.

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J. HOLMES. KNITTED PANT-ALOONS Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

Jam/mam UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN i-IOLMEs, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

KNITTED PANTALQONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,617, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed July 23, 1889. Eierial No. 318,364. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN HOLMES, of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Knitted Pantaloons, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention in knitted garments has for its object to provide pantaloons for athletes, bicycle-riders, &c., the said pantaloons being strengthened to enable them to serve the purpose of supporters, and at the same time they are made stronger and more durable.

The pantaloons made the subject of this invention are composed of rib-knitted fabric properly united together, the said pantaloons being of double thickness above and below the crotch at both the front and back, as will be described. I

Heretofore garments have been re-enforced bybeing made of double thickness at particular points to enable them to withstand wear, and drawers have been knit withre-enforced legs for the purpose of protecting the legs of a wearer in cold weather, the body of the drawers being of the usual thickness, and in this latter case the re-enforcing extending from the crotch down'ward.

In the garment claimed by me the re-enforcing not only provides against wear and secures warmth, but also for supporting the lower abdominal portions of the"'wearer and neighboring external organs.

Figure 1, in front elevation, shows a knitted garment (pantaloons) embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a partial section in the line w a: of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a partial section in the line y y of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4, one of the leg-blanks, it being shown as laid out flat.

The pant-aloons herein shown arecomposed of two blanks, such as shown in Fig. 4, the same being of the class of knitting known as rib-work. The blank from the point 2 to about the point 3 is knitted of a certain thickness, and from the point 3 to the. point 4 the thickness of the fabric is increased by feeding an extra yarn or yarns to the needles, the fabric being thereafter preferably made thinner to the point 5 by omitting the said extra thread or threads.

lVhen knitting the blank on a knitting-ma- The edges of the blanks which come at the front of the pantaloons may be stitched together, or be finished as are ordinary cloth pantaloons.

The waistband may be formed by turning over the end of the blank, as in Fig. 2.

At the top of the pantaloons I have added loops t, at suitable intervals apart to receive a belt.

Fig. 3 is a partial section in the line y y to show the different thickness of the fabric.

Increasing the thickness or density of the fabric between the points 3 and 4 makes the pantaloons stronger and more durable between such points, and the 'pantaloons, owing to the greater thickness of the fabric, fit the figure more snugly and act as a supporter to that part of the body or abdomen where an athlete or bicycle-rider is most liable to strain and injury.

By providing the blanks with selvage edges the pantaloons are made stronger and large seams and ridges are avoided.

When the extra thread is added to thicken the fabric, the fabric is thereby somewhat increased in width, such increase in width being of advantage, as it adds to the fullness of the pantaloons in theseat.

From the point 8 to the point 9 that edgeof the blank which is to form the crotch of the pantaloons will preferably be narrowed, as at the right of Fig. 4.

From about the point 9 to about the-point 10 the fabric may be knitted of substantially uniform width, and from the point 10 at the left of Fig. 4 to the point 12, I prefer to narrow the fabric, as may be necessary, to enable it to fit the waist. The widening and narrowing will, however, vary more or less, according to the particular shape desired for the garhand side of Fig. 4E from the point 12 to the latter is re-enforced, strengthened, and fitted point 8, to constitute the body and seat of the to serve the purposes of a supporter, substanpantaloons, and from the point 8 to the bottom tially as described.

of the leg the two edges of each blank will be In testimony WhereofIhave signed my name 5 sewed together, thus forming the two legs. to this specification in the presence of two sub- I 5 I claimscribing Witnesses. Knitted pantaloons composed of a knitted JOHN HOLMES. fabric knitted of double thickness from the Witnesses: line 4 above the crotch to the line 3 upon the GEO. W. GREGORY,

IO thigh portions of the garment, whereby the B. DEWAR. 

